What does numbing mean?
Definitions for numbing
ˈnʌm ɪŋnumb·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
numbingadjective
causing numbness or insensitivity
"the numbing effect of grief"
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numbing
Numbing refers to the process of losing or reducing the ability to feel physical sensation, often in a specific part of the body. It can be due to factors like cold, injury, or administration of an anesthetic. It can also be used metaphorically to describe a state of being emotionally desensitized or unable to feel emotions typically due to repeated exposure or extreme shock or distress.
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Numbing
of Numb
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of numbing in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of numbing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of numbing in a Sentence
It's numbing, i have a much deeper appreciation for all of the other families who have gone through this. The hundreds of thousands of families. And until it personally touches you, I don't care how much we can have a sympathetic heart, it's different when you've been there and you've lost someone.
Understand that that loved one is in pain, the food and eating is the way that they are numbing the pain, tolerating anxiety or getting through the day.
I got to the hospital, and for some reason, I lost the numbing feeling in my back, i had all feeling and everything I could possibly get back. I just said, 'Yep, it's because those people back at the stadium were praying for me.'.
We (Republicans) also ought to be for replacing it with something that costs less, that adheres to our values, that provides portability, that eliminates the employer mandate, the employee mandate, all of this mind-numbing subsidies that are totally wacky, shifts power back to states.
The place where [the beer] is most different is that the beer has about 10% carbonation. That's to push the aroma and counteract the numbing of the senses you get inflight. This makes the beer livelier on the tongue.
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